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Changed, multi(2)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect to, multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect and dual boot now working. Thanks for your help.

With both hdds' in can boot to IDE drive but can't access SATA hdd. boot.ini for IDE drive: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect...

Connected both hard drives physically. Booted from OS CD. Did not load driver for SATA hard drive so that I could only access the IDE drive. When I load SATA driver and make SATA hdd accessible it alone can be accessed for repair in Recovery Console. After accessed Recovery Console I entered...

Connected both hard drives physically. Booted to OS CD. Press F6, install driver for SATA hard drive. Get this screen: Windows 2000 Professional Setup Welcome to Setup This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows 2000 (TM) to run on your computer . To setup Windows 2000 now...

Restarted PC with 2 hdds' physically connected. Disabled Roxio GoBack Deluxe on IDE hdd. Booted to OS CD. Press F6 and install SATA hdd driver. Selected repair option from Windows 2000 Setup. Then chose option to repair win2k installation with Recovery Console. Then got this screen...

Connected both hard drives physically. Booted to OS CD. Press F6, install driver for SATA hard drive. Get this screen: Windows 2000 Professional Setup Welcome to Setup This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows 2000 (TM) to run on your computer . To setup Windows...

Have copy of MBR on floppy made 7/29/2006.

Set SATA drive as second boot device (CDROM is first). Boot and press F8 for Safe mode. Select Safe mode. Get choice to select a hard drive. Select IDE drive and get blue screen with Stop error. When select SATA hdd get configuration problem and can't boot to drive. Didn't try Emergency...

Correction; c:\>chkdsk command gave- 'The specified drive is not valid or there is no disk in the drive'.

I get the same result as above with both hard drives physically connected. If I use c:\>attrib -r-s-h c:\boot.ini (no space between -r-s-h, c:\> not retyped) message says 'the path or file is not valid' instead of 'the parameter is not valid' Enter dir, chkdsk, and cd winnt commands and get...

The SATA drive is disconnected because the multiboot info is on the IDE boot.ini file (understood). Quote: P5-133XL With the IDE drive connected, the SATA drive disconnected boot to the CD and start the recovery console. Insert the floppy into its drive once you get the "C:\>" prompt. Quote...

Can't do - C:\ attrib -r -s -h boot.ini +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pressed enter at C:\> and got - C:\> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tried Recovery Console of SATA hdd (with IDE hdd disconnected). Got: ...................Recovery...

Copied IDE boot.ini file to floppy. Disconnected SATA drive. Restart with IDE hdd only and boot to OS CD. Select recovery console and get message: ........................... Type EXIT to quit Recovery Console and restart computer The path or file specified is not valid. C:\> typed...

P5-133XL - After the boot.ini for SATA drive was cleaned of data: boot.ini SATA drive; (empty) and boot.ini for IDE drive was modified to include SATA OS: boot.ini IDE drive; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems]...

Disconnected SATA hard drive and only connect IDE drive. When boot get option to choose either OS. If choose IDE OS get blue screen. When select SATA OS get boot path error.

I don't see a repair option after I agree to the user licence. After EULA Windows 2000 Setup shows a list of the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on the computer. There are options to: Setup the OS on the selected partition by pressing Enter. Create a partition in the...

Trying to boot to IDE drive and backup info. If disconnect IDE drive can boot to SATA drive. When both drives connectted (don't boot from OS CD) get option to select which hdd to boot to. If select 1st OS, tries to boot to IDE drive and get blue screen with Stop error. If selcect 2nd OS...

Disconnected IDE drive and was able to boot to SATA hdd. Quote: Bozo When install #1 is up and running, shut the computer down. Connect the IDE hard drive and leave the SATA drive attached. Boot from the CD and make sure to press F6 and load your SATA drivers again. When you get to the...

P5-133XL - I notice that the Boo.ini file link applies to winxp. Using win2kpro.

Bozo - Got 2 boot.ini files because had 1 hard drive originally, the I DE. Then recently installed a new Maxtor SATA drive. Installation software asked if I wanted to put contents of existing drive to new drive. Said yes and copied info. It then asked if I wanted to make new drive bootable...

The only thing that happened between everything working and nothing working is that Chkdisk ran automatically and fixed error(s) in journal file when I booted to the SATA hard drive on one occasion. After errors were fixed sytem continued and booted to SATA drive. I restarted and tried to...

Could boot to both hard drives. Then booted to SATA drive (second in OS selection list) and chkdisk ran automatically. It fixed error(s) in journal file, and system booted to that drive. Next I restarted the machine and tried to boot to the IDE drive (first in OS selection list). Got blue...

Getting stop error with blue screen when boot to IDE drive. Can't boot to SATA drive (drive's boot.ini file was emptied). Had booted to SATA drive and scandsk ran automatically. It corrected error in journal file (SATA drive info in boot.ini does not have NOGUIBOOt). Then tried to boot to IDE...

boot.ini for IDE drive: worked; deleted contents of SATA hdd boot.ini file; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect/ NOGUIBOOT /PlexTools...

Can I delete boot.ini file on other hdd by just removing its contents and leaving it empty?

Thanks for the correction. Will try the suggestions. So my BIOS sequence should have only the IDE hdd (You should only have ONE boot.ini file on your machine. One. Not Two. You make the change in one place - whichever drive your computer is configured to boot from.) ? Using Roxio GoBack...

boot.ini for IDE drive: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect/ NOGUIBOOT /PlexTools Professinal...

Don't know if this will help but the driver for the SATA (SCSI) drive is -> Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATA RAID controller for windows. Motherboard; http://abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=124

boot.ini; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect/ NOGUIBOOT /PlexTools Professinal Plextools Professional is the software for my Plextor SATA DVD...

The 2 hdd's have the same OS, win2kpro.

Have a IDE and a SATA hard drive. How do I modify boot.ini so I can select which drive to boot to?

Yes time, I inadvertently selected the wrong drivers. Win2000 setup was giving me the wrong info -> Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATA RAID controller for windows xp/Server 2003 This driver is not only for win xp but also for win2000 as the driver link above shows. My NF7-S mob uses a Silicon 3112...

Bootup DOS screen shows IDE drive as Primary Master and the Maxtor SATA drive as SATA 0. SATA 1 drive is my Plextor DVD R/W SATA optical drive. Primary and Secondary Slaves are None.

If boot with both hard drives connected, windows 2000 setup runs after loading SATA controller drivers from floppy. Get EULA and setup is ready to install OS but to the IDE drive, not the SATA drive.

Disconnected IDE drive. Boot from OS CD. Press F6 and inserted floppy with SATA drivers. Entered SATA controller drivers; INTL (R) 8281FR SATA RAID Controller for windows 2000/xp/2003 INTL (R) 8281FR SATA AHCI Controller for windows 2000/xp/2003 INTL (R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller for...

Had a 80gb Seagate IDE hard drive running win2kpro. Installed a new Maxtor 250gb SATA hard drive. During installation MaxBlast 4 software asked it I want to copy info from original drive to new drive. Chose yes. Then asked if I wanted to make Maxtor drive bootable. Chose yes so I could...